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Special Healthy Salads For Lunch

Healthy Salads For Lunch – Most people at work look forward to the lunch time. It is time for them to re-energize themselves by enjoying their meals and chatting with colleagues. But, somehow, we end up being drowsy instead of being energetic after having lunch. If drowsiness after lunch is your issue, take a crack at having healthy salads for lunch.

Why healthy salads?

Healthy salads are the best choice for you to stay awake after having lunch. It is because salads pack various kinds of nutrients and vitamins from the leafy greens and other veggies. They are low in carbohydrate and starch that usually becomes the culprit of drowsiness.

If you want to replenish your energy after working and doing many kinds of activities in the morning and avoid drowsiness, make sure that you include vegetables in your lunch. In addition to attractive veggies, lean protein may help you boost your energy without giving the effect drowsiness. Here are some healthy salads for lunch recipes that are not only healthy, but also tasty.

Cashew Chicken Salad Wraps

This on-the-go salad is just perfect for an active person. It has all the things that you need to replenish your energy such as vitamin, protein, and a bit carbs. All those nutrients are packed in crunchy cashew and fried noodle with a delicious wrap made of tortilla. Grab a wrap of this chicken salad and you will feel stuffed without feeling drowsy afterwards.

Sprinkle the combination of chicken, mayonnaise, etc. with salt and pepper.

Add the cashews, white part of the green onions, half of the mandarin oranges, and the red cabbage.

Refrigerate all the mixture for 30 minutes. It will make the flavors blended perfectly.

Spread a tortilla and place a dollop of chicken salad.

To kick it up a notch, place a few mandarin oranges and deep fried noodles, then roll them up.

Simple Japanese Salad

I can recall the memory of the first time I had bento (Japanese lunch box) in a famous Japanese restaurant. There was some salad in it. It was full of veggies which were mixed with unique sauce and some egg rolls. It was sweet, sour, and crispy. The most appealing thing is that it is very simple. You can even make it at home.

Ingredients:

The salad

200 grams cabbage. Thinly-sliced

200 grams carrots. Grate it roughly

100 grams radish. Grate it roughly

1 ½ teaspoon of salt

1 ½ tablespoon of sugar

1 ½ tablespoon of vinegar

The sauce

2 eggs. Take the yolk only

200 cc salad oil

1 teaspoon of mustard sauce

3 tablespoons of tomato ketchup

1 tablespoon of simple syrup

1 tablespoon of lemon juice

½ teaspoon of salt

1/4 teaspoon of pepper

Directions:

Mix the carrot, cabbage, a teaspoon of salt, and a tablespoon of sugar well. Squeeze the water out. Add 1 tablespoon of vinegar. Set aside.

Mix the radish with ½ teaspoon of salt and ½ tablespoon of sugar well. Squeeze the water out. Add ½ tablespoon of vinegar. Set aside.

In a bowl, mix the yolk and mustard. While you are mixing them, add the oil gradually until the mixture becomes thicker

Add the tomato ketchup, salt, simple syrup, lemon juice, and pepper into the mixture of yolk and mustard. Mix them well.

Mix the sauce and the salad. Finally, Simple Japanese Salad is ready to serve.

Sweet Vegan Super-food Salad

This is a fantastic salad that can make vegetarians smile exuberantly. No meat, no bland taste, and rich in antioxidants as this salad contain super-food.

Ingredients:

100 g mixed baby salad leaves

300 g cherry tomatoes

2 beetroot, thinly sliced.

200 g strawberries

30 g alfalfa sprouts

1 tbsp chia seeds

2 cucumbers. Slice them thinly

2 avocados. Cut them in half, then peel, pit, and slice them

150 g hazelnuts, roughly chopped

1 tbsp pumpkin seeds

1 tbsp sunflower seeds

the dressing:

2 tbsp cider vinegar

1 tbsp lemon juice

freshly ground black pepper

60 ml extra virgin olive oil

sea salt

2 tbsp wholegrain mustard

Directions:

Let’s begin with making the dressing. Put all the ingredients in a small jug. Whisk them.

Put all the salad ingredients in a large bowl. Toss them well.

Drizzle the salad with the dressing. Mix them well.

Those are some healthy salads for lunch. You can also try those healthy salads for diet program. They are simple, easy to make, healthy, yummy, and will fill you up and hold your drowsiness at bay.